Qld overnight rest areas
Submitted: Sunday, Sep 30, 2007 at 13:07
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Steve
Looking at the Qld Govt "Guide to Queensland Roads" rest areas map/guide they list MR (main road) in blue where you can stay overnight and in red where you can't. If it has neither, but an "L" meaning local govt, with all facilities,
toilets, water, bbq, tables etc can you stay overnight at these
places? We're heading north and unfortunately, will hit the busy Gold Coast/
Brisbane area when we want to stop. Listed are
Burleigh Heads, Coolangatta. Are these o/night stops? Or can anyone recommend anything between Yelgun and Caloundra?
Reply By: Alan H (Narangba QLD) - Sunday, Sep 30, 2007 at 14:41
Sunday, Sep 30, 2007 at 14:41
There is an excellent
rest area permitting overnights at Petrie just north from
Brisbane.
It is on the old highway north so if travelling out of
Brisbane towards Caloundra turn off at Bald Hills heading for Starthpine/ Petrie. follow your nose the area is on the left after crossing North Pine River (after Strathpine but just before Petrie.
However Caloundra is only an hour away from Petrie.
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Follow Up By: Steve - Sunday, Sep 30, 2007 at 15:32
Sunday, Sep 30, 2007 at 15:32
cheers Alan. Wondered about that one. Might give it a go.
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Follow Up By: RovingOz (QLD) - Sunday, Sep 30, 2007 at 19:57
Sunday, Sep 30, 2007 at 19:57
Watch out for the colourful domestics from the 'mob' in their tents. Starts about midnight. Learnt some new swear words there one night last year. Also had the cops arrest the bloke sleeping in the car next door about 9.00pm. You get some strange characters at that one.
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Reply By: Wizard1 - Monday, Oct 01, 2007 at 10:23
Monday, Oct 01, 2007 at 10:23
I live in the
Gold Coast.
I would re-plan your trip so that you pass rest just before and then go right through the Gold Coast/
Brisbane corridor as the only rest areas are the service centres.
Any other rest areas would be day use only and certainly not in the built up areas of Burleigh and Coolangatta. To get to any of these
places you have to drive off the M1.
Trust me once you get on the M1 and Gateway Arterial fdo it resh just keep going. You don't even want to attempy it in the morning between 5 and 10 AM, unless you want to sit on the Gateway Arterial "carapark".
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Follow Up By: Steve - Monday, Oct 01, 2007 at 11:21
Monday, Oct 01, 2007 at 11:21
I think if we're not on course for the Caloundra stop at a reasonable hour, we'll stop at Yelgun. I was taken in by those Coolangatta/Burleigh stops marked as rest areas because they'd be convenient to break the journey at that annoying Tugun>> section. Doubt if we'd get much rest in those rest areas though.
;)
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